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PORTO FARINA

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 123 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FARINA  , a
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town of
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Tunisia about 20 M . E. of
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Bizerta, on the Ghar-el-
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Mela, a
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lagoon, also known as the
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Lake of
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Porto
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Farina, at the mouth of the Mejerda (the
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ancient Bagradas) . Porto Farina was the
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naval
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arsenal of the piratical beys of
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Tunis and was bombarded by the
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English under
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Admiral
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Blake in 1655 . The lagoon has become very shallow in consequence of the silt brought down by the Mejerda . The town has ceased to be important, and its inhabitants have dwindled to about 1500 . The ruins to m. to the
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south-
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west, near the
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village of Bu Shater, are identified with the ancient
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Utica (q.v.) .

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